BOSTON (MA)
Boston.com
June 7, 2005
BOSTON --A Roman Catholic priest who had been accused of sexually abusing a child was cleared to return to the ministry after a church review panel found the allegation was unsubstantiated, the Boston Archdiocese said.
The Rev. Robert Fichtner was placed on administrative leave in 2003, after the archdiocese received a complaint claiming he sexually abused a child at St. Joseph Church in Holbrook more than 20 years earlier.
In a statement released Tuesday, the archdiocese said the review board could not verify the allegation after "careful review of the information available," and lifted all restrictions on Fichtner's exercise of public ministry.
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